#the Self

[twinsfawn]

SHOT BY CRYSTAL LEE LUCAS @moonletgarden

#photography #winter #snow #shadows #the self

[paradoxarchive]

i am too in love with life, i don't want to die (i cannot fathom the absence of living)

arthoesunshine | sunlightafterdark | joseph cambell | mary oliver | amy krouse rosenthal | joseph brodsky | unknown | gregory orr | colette, tr by matthew ward | anaïs nin

#web weave #web weaving #on death #on life #on mortality #on hope #the self #poem #poetry #sunlightafterdark #mary oliver #amy krouse rosenthal #joseph brodsky #gregory orr #paradox creation

[metamorphesque]

The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.

The Sickness Unto Death, Søren Kierkegaard

#quotes #philosophy #the self #soren kierkegaard

[bones-ivy-breath]

Preface, Tragedy: A Curious Art Form by Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons

#quote #typography #anne carson #grief lessons #dark academia #aesthetic #light academia #classic academia #euripides #tragedy #dark things #rage #ancient greece #ancient greek literature #the self

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Carl Jung

#Carl Jung #Jung #quotes #life #wisdom #philosophy #psychology #psychoanalysis #the privilege of a lifetime #become who you truly are #the self #idea #ideas

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Facts about yoyrself

I have no self. I am a churning mass of caterpillars typing randomly as it squirms across the keyboard of a broken computer. When I metamorphose and fly away, the illusion will end.

In that respect I am no different from anyone else.

#the self #ego death #unreality

[mesmir-ized]

this is who is booping you,BTW......

#the self #miel

[girlwithlandscape]

“I often find myself writing to the terrified versions of myself. And maybe all I really want to say—if anything at all—is that you (whoever you are) are not alone. Maybe because this is what some of the most important writers in my life have been telling me over and over again in their myriad and unique ways. I go back to the boy I once was, the boy who hid in the library during recess to read a book covered in his lap so no one will know he has betrayed ‘fun’ for secrets. So no one will know he loves words. Because lovers of words were thought to be weak and effeminate. And effeminate boys were strange and strange things don’t last very long in this world. So I read to find my own hand in the pages of books. In the future, I want to keep holding books. To touch myself on each page, saying ‘I am here. I am here. I am here.’ ”

— Ocean Vuong

#quote #ocean vuong #the self #identity #self love #writing process #writing #self forgiveness #toxic masculinity #books #representation

[funeral]

We continually restructure ourselves, feeding and maintaining evolving combinations in ways that ultimately permit a certain continuity: a form of life that is not in one-way, linear motion but, despite surprising jolts and changes of direction, composes a pattern. The protean nature of the self stems from its permeability to inner and outer influences, which are never fully separable from one another. We are shaped by a complex interweaving of external events and inner experiences, which become indistinguishable. What 'actually happened' in some past event in our life is inextricably tied to the phenomenological meaning we ascribe—that is, to our experience of the event. And this meaning changes as we continually respond to the blending of external and internal forces that make up our ongoing experience—as we revise and reshape the story of our lives.

Lisa Capps and Elinor Ochs, Constructing Panic: The Discourse of Agoraphobia

#psychology #cognitive psychology #identity #the self #memory #quotes #excerpts #p

[the-living-gut]

Myth of a Straight Man

#visual poetry #sexuality #mixed media #gay #lgtb poetry #poetry #the self #the uncanny #queer artist #artists on tumblr #body horror #fine art

[twinsfawn]

CROWN OF THORNS / THE SILENCE

HENRI JEAN GUILLAUME MARTIN

#henri martin #lithograph #the self #crown of thorns #henri-jean guillaume martin #post impressionism

[paradoxarchive]

i yearn to be greater than i believe myself able to become

sylvia plath | soapstore | chuck palahniuk | danielpup | fyodor dostoyevsky | asofterworld | geloy concepcion | david bowie | jonathan safran foer | soapstore

#web weave #web weaving #on yearning #on longing #the self #on life #on failure #poetry #soapstore #sylvia plath #fyodor dostoyevsky #chuck palahniuk

[gender-jargon]

[Image ID: Four images of the Erenth pride flag, created by Gent (Gender-Jargon). Image 1) is the nine-stripe flag. This flag has nine horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream, desaturated light green, cream, dark red, peach and dark grey. Image 2) is the same nine-stripe flag, but with a centered, black double dagger obelus mark. Image 3) is the five-stripe simplified design. The simplified flag has five horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream and desaturated light green. Image 4) is the same simplified flag, but with a centered, black double dagger obelus mark. ./. END ID]

Erenth: a term describing one who does not participate in the concept of gender, instead embracing the self-hood that proceeds the construct unencumbered.

[PT: Erenth: a term describing one who does not participate in the concept of gender, instead embracing the self-hood that proceeds the construct unencumbered. ./. END PT]

Etymology

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"Ere", from Early Modern English, meaning "Before" + "-nth" from English, meaning "an unspecified/indefinitely large ordinal number".

Here, "before" refers to the intrinsic self that exists free of gender, a state that has not yet been evaluated or considered within the construct. "Ere" was chosen to represent existing outside the gender paradigm, much like "Ere" belongs to an earlier stage English. "Nth" is used as a suffix, but it refers to the infinitely large, variable, complex, convoluted, nebulous nature of gender identity.

Erenth was coined by Gent (Gender-Jargon) in April 2024.

Elaboration

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Erenth is not a gender identity, but rather a label used to describe individuals whose selfhood does not involve the construct of gender, identifying with a personal, individual albeit degendered selfhood instead. As such, an Erenth:

Does not have a gender identity in any way, shape or form.

Doesn't align themselves with any gender (unaligned).

Does not have a gender identity to conform to, bend or subvert.

May embody gendered roles without consideration to the concept of gender or may reject them all together.

Does not have a gender to express, thus lacking a gender expression.

Presents themselves without consideration to the concept of gender, instead seeking to make their presentation harmonious and congruent with their sense of self.

Uses (self-)referential language without consideration to the concept of gender, using whatever language they see fit.

In lacking a gender identity, likely do not self-describe using GLG orientations.

May have an internalized self-concept of sex that is degendered or may reject sex altogether.

May reject, eschew, subvert, ignore, transcend, be liberated from, be apathetic towards, be oblivious to or hold any stance, perspective or experience regarding the concept of gender that results in non-participation in the construct.

May or may not identify as Queer.

Is simply themselves, embodying the answer to the question, "Who Am I?" while also discarding the construct of gender entirely from the question.

[PT: Does not have a gender identity in any way, shape or form. Doesn't align themselves with any gender (unaligned). Does not have a gender identity to conform to, bend or subvert. May embody gendered roles without consideration to the concept of gender or may reject them all together. Does not have a gender to express, thus lacking a gender expression. Presents themselves without consideration to the concept of gender, instead seeking to make their presentation harmonious and congruent with their sense of self. Uses (self-)referential language without consideration to the concept of gender, using whatever language they see fit. In lacking a gender identity, likely do not self-describe using GLG orientations. May have an internalized self-concept of sex that is degendered or may reject sex altogether. May reject, eschew, subvert, ignore, transcend, be liberated from, be apathetic towards, be oblivious to or hold any stance, perspective or experience regarding the concept of gender that results in non-participation in the construct. May or may not identify as Queer. Is simply themselves, embodying the answer to the question, "Who Am I?" while also discarding the construct of gender entirely from the question. ./. END PT]

Some similar labels include:

Egogender

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Both Egogender and Erenth individuals identify with an unique and individualistic sense of self, but differ in that the Erenth label is not a gender and does not participate in the construct.

Exogender

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Both Exogender and Erenth individuals do not participate in the construct of gender, thus lacking a gender identity, but differ in that the Erenth label specifies an unique, individual sense of self one embraces entirely independent of the construct of gender identity. Exogender, while not truly being a gender identity by it's definition, attempts to fill the lexical gap by relating to the construct, where the Erenth label does not participate in it explicitly and outright.

Apogender

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Both Apogender and the Erenth label involve being divorced from the concept of gender, but differ in that Apogender is an Agender microlabel, whereas Erenth is not a gender identity and involves embracing the self.

Pomogender

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Both Pomogender and the Erenth label involve denying preexisting gender labels, but differ in that Erenth is not a gender identity, denies the entirety of the construct of gender and embraces a unique, individual sense of self outside of gender.

Cassgender

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Both Cassgender and the Erenth label may involve feeling indifferent towards the concept of gender, but differ in that Cassgender is a gender identity whereas the Erenth is not a gender identity, does not participate in the construct and specifically involves embracing a unique, individual sense of self outside of gender.

Yonderi

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Both Yonderi and Erenth are labels describing transcending gender, but differ in that the Erenth label also does not participate in or internalize the construct while also specifically embracing a unique, individual sense of self outside of gender. Erenth can be considered to have a yonderine quality, but doesn't have to.

Genderfree

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Both Genderfree and the Erenth label both refer to an undefined state where gender is not present, but unlike Genderfree, Erenth rejects the construct of gender in it's entirety, is not an ambiguous identity nor is it definitively queer in itself. Furthermore, an Erenth individual's identity is related to their sense of self, which is not specified by the label genderfree.

Pride Flag

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The flag was created by myself (Gent, GJ) at the same time as the term. The flag has nine horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream, desaturated light green, cream, dark red, peach and dark grey. The stripes have the following meanings:

The bottom and top dark grey stripes represent the lack of internalization of gender.

The two peach stripes represents complete non-participation in the construct of gender.

The two dark red stripes represents knowledge and conviction.

The two cream stripes represent one's values and ideals.

The middle desaturated light green stripe represents one's inner sense of self.

[PT: The bottom and top dark grey stripes represent the lack of internalization of gender.The two peach stripes represents complete non-participation in the construct of gender. The two dark red stripes represents knowledge and conviction.The two cream stripes represent one's values and ideals. The middle desaturated light green stripe represents one's inner sense of self. ./. END PT]

I also created a simplified, five-stripe version using the same colors and meaning as the nine-stripe flag. The simplified flag has five horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, they are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream and desaturated light green.

Glyph

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As Erenth is not a gender, it does not have a planetary glyph associated with it. Instead, the Erenth identity is represented by the typographical obelus, styled as a double dagger mark, U+2021 (‡). The obelus represents, "an iron roasting spit, a dart, or the sharp end of a javelin, symbolizing the skewering or cutting out of dubious matter. (Wikipedia)", which is similar to the manner in which an Erenth individual embraces their selfhood (separated from gender), but not the construct of gender (the dubious matter). The double dagger mark was specified to represent a coupled rejection of gender and acceptance of the self.

#Erenth #mogai #microlabel #term #not gender #autonomous #egogender #exogender #apogender #pomogender #cassgender #yonderi #yonderine #genderfree #the self #identity #personal identity #pride flag #mogai gender #mogaireal #mogai safe #mogai positive #pro mogai #mogai friendly #mogai coining #liomogai #liom #nonbinary #anonbinary #trans

[bones-ivy-breath]

Inward by Yung Pueblo

#inward #yung pueblo #quote #typography #diego perez #literature #aesthetic #dark academia #light academia #celestial #the self #bodymind #stars #modern poetry #south american poets

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

Nowadays people identify themselves almost exclusively with their consciousness, and imagine that they are only what they know about themselves.

Carl Jung

#carl g. jung #carl jung #jung #memories dreams reflections #quotes #philosophy #wisdom #life #literature #writer #books #psychology #write #the psyche #psychoanalysis #psychiatry #the self #the unconscious #understanding #idea #ideas #art #artist

[t3chnobabble]

losing myself

everything everywhere all at once (2022) // virginia woolf, orlando // sylvia plath // eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) // kahlil gibran, the seven selves // kilo kish, existential crisis hour! // fernando pessoa // emilio vilalba, 'no one' collection

#comparatives #web weaving #everything everywhere all at once #eeaao #eternal sunshine of the spotless mind #poetry #film #art #virginia woolf #the self